First Day of Winter 2022

Seasons greetings, Snopes family. We made it another year! I'm an old Gen-Xer, so my favorite holiday harbingers are those wild stop-motion children's shows ...

At Snopes, we take our legacy of credibility and longevity on the web seriously but not so much ourselves. For many, it's a painful reminder of what we've lost — not just loved ones (my oldest brother, Charlie, only last month) but our own childlike outlook on the world. It's also a gentle reminder we don't all spiritually celebrate the same way (why would we?), nor are we all euphorically happy at this time of year.